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Cities with the lowest published annual rainfall

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has the lowest annual precipitation of the 30 cities compared: 59.5 mm/year (World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI, 1991-12-31).

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Published monthly precipitation normals totalled into an annual figure, ranked lowest first. Low rainfall is not the same as few rainy days; the total says nothing about how it is spread through the year.

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30
Countries represented
9
Last checked
2026-08-05

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Jeddah, Saudi Arabia59.5 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
2Brawley, United States60.5 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
3Calexico, United States63.2 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
4El Centro, United States64.3 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
5Imperial, United States70.1 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
6Coachella, United States74.2 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
7Dubai, United Arab Emirates79.2 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
8Oliva, La, Spain83.9 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
9Puerto del Rosario, Spain86 mm/year2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
10Ajman, United Arab Emirates93.6 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
11Sharjah, United Arab Emirates93.6 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
12Dammam, Saudi Arabia94.8 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
13Arrecife, Spain99.8 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
14Teguise, Spain99.8 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
15Tías, Spain99.8 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
16Riyadh, Saudi Arabia107.5 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
17Alice Springs, Australia272.6 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
18Kamloops, Canada272.9 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
19Whitehorse, Canada279.6 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
20Aglantziá, Cyprus330.3 mm/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
21Káto Lakatámeia, Cyprus330.3 mm/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
22Kyrenia, Cyprus330.3 mm/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
23Stróvolos, Cyprus330.3 mm/year2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31
24Medicine Hat, Canada330.8 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
25Penticton, Canada344.1 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
26Larnaka, Cyprus350 mm/year2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
27Termoli, Italy361.7 mm/year2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 1991-12-31
28Athens, Greece370.8 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 1990-12-31
29Lethbridge, Canada372.6 mm/year2026-07-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
30Geraldton, Australia380.4 mm/year2026-07-31
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 1991-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia leads at 59.5 mm/year.
  • Geraldton, Australia sits at the other end with 380.4 mm/year.
  • The middle of this ranking is 107.5 mm/year, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 320.9 mm/year.

Quick answer

What does Cities with the lowest published annual rainfall show?

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has the lowest annual precipitation of the 30 cities compared: 59.5 mm/year (World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI, 1991-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published observation measured in mm/year, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 1990 and 2020. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: city, nearest_station
Observation period
1990-12-31 to 2020-12-31
Last checked
2026-08-05
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cities with the lowest published annual rainfall [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 607450f55e4e154498b0b2b82325e154]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/cities-with-the-least-rainfall/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cities-with-the-lowest-published-annual-rainfall_07b0338a580a,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cities with the lowest published annual rainfall},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {607450f55e4e154498b0b2b82325e154},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/cities-with-the-least-rainfall/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEIWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-08-03
  2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Checked 2026-08-03
  3. NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Checked 2026-08-03
  4. NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Checked 2026-08-03
  5. NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Checked 2026-08-03
  6. NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Checked 2026-08-03
  7. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUERTEVENTURA/AEROPUERTOWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  8. AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, FUERTEVENTURA/AEROPUERTO, 1991-2020Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) · Checked 2026-07-27
  9. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LANZAROTE/AEROPUERTOWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  10. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSVWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-26
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  1. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORTWorld Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI · Checked 2026-07-31
  2. Canadian Climate Normals — KAMLOOPS A, 1991-2020Environment and Climate Change Canada · Checked 2026-07-26